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that is true now for russia. all of the top ceos of the business community and industry have said if that is the case if you decide on that than we will abide by your decisions and the community knows this. although they have envisaged a different kind of relationship. if two years ago you had asked me whether we would discuss such issues today, i would have said that is not very probable. one needs predictability. and one needs certain framework conditions for investments. so, many in the business community -- i cannot talk obviously reliably on their behalf -- but many of them are aware that reliability and the basic acceptance of the european postwar order, namely territorial integrity, is a very important thing and the business community in doing business cannot completely neglect that. they will not be enthusiastically owed -- excepting that but they are open. there are possibilities there. let us work together with russia for the elections taking place in ukraine on may 25 so ukrainians are in a position to
that is true now for russia. all of the top ceos of the business community and industry have said if that is the case if you decide on that than we will abide by your decisions and the community knows this. although they have envisaged a different kind of relationship. if two years ago you had asked me whether we would discuss such issues today, i would have said that is not very probable. one needs predictability. and one needs certain framework conditions for investments. so, many in the...
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, on some banks in russia and some significant energy companies in russia in part to cause some damage, and president putin himself has said that the sanctions are causing damage. but also in part to signal that we are prepared to do more, to create really, frankly, an uncertainty in the marketplace, and that uncertainty is, in fact, punishing the russian economy. if you look at the numbers, and we can go through this, the gdp numbers, the stock market, the cost of borrowing from the russian government, it's all having a very significant toll. >> so explain how these sanctions, particularly the american sanctions, you know, that are really sanctions that do not allow these companies, russian companies, to in some way participate in the american financial system. why do you think they're so effective? >> well, they're very effective because the dollar is the dominant currency in which all international trade occurs. and when we impose a sanction on a company, that means that they cannot have access to u.s. financial institutions, to u.s. businesses or, really, to trade on the dollar. so
, on some banks in russia and some significant energy companies in russia in part to cause some damage, and president putin himself has said that the sanctions are causing damage. but also in part to signal that we are prepared to do more, to create really, frankly, an uncertainty in the marketplace, and that uncertainty is, in fact, punishing the russian economy. if you look at the numbers, and we can go through this, the gdp numbers, the stock market, the cost of borrowing from the russian...
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does that promote russia moving their troops in? i would hope russia would think twice before doing that. >> let me ask you, a number of your republican colleagues have put together the russian aggression prevention act of 2014 to strengthen nato, new rounds of sanctions, do things like force the president to move forward with missile defense in europe which was tabled essentially. could you support something like that? what do you think is the right move? >> absolutely. we all need to find out how -- sanctions are by far the best way for us to go. by far. because nobody wins in these land wars, if you will. and we've proven it's not something we have an appetite for. with that being said we know that sanctions do work. they worked in iran, we doubled down in iran and made them tighter. i think that will happen. can we force russia to come to their senses because economically they can't stand what we can do to them? can we go after their energy market, which is at the heart of who they are. it's the pulse of what they have going on
does that promote russia moving their troops in? i would hope russia would think twice before doing that. >> let me ask you, a number of your republican colleagues have put together the russian aggression prevention act of 2014 to strengthen nato, new rounds of sanctions, do things like force the president to move forward with missile defense in europe which was tabled essentially. could you support something like that? what do you think is the right move? >> absolutely. we all need...
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russia played a role in that. it demonstrates russia has influence and can play a constructive role when it wishes to do so. and we hope that's very much the approach that they will take in the days ahead. but this is an extremely delicate situation, certainly the extraordinary violence in odessa on friday has made the situation more fraught. >> finally, mr. ambassador, this looks like a civil war, certainly sounds like a civil war. is there any reason to believe that's not what we're watching unfold? >> no. i don't see that yet, candy. what i see is a society which is facing extraordinary threats of division, but where the dominant opinion in every public opinion survey from every ukrainian i talked to is how can we get our country to pull together again? clearly, there are forces that are trying to deepen division and sadly, some of the forces seem to be coming from outside the country, from russia, but the dominant mood in the country is how do we end this violence and how do we pull the country together again?
russia played a role in that. it demonstrates russia has influence and can play a constructive role when it wishes to do so. and we hope that's very much the approach that they will take in the days ahead. but this is an extremely delicate situation, certainly the extraordinary violence in odessa on friday has made the situation more fraught. >> finally, mr. ambassador, this looks like a civil war, certainly sounds like a civil war. is there any reason to believe that's not what we're...
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as ukrainian things close in on sunday and stick some are calling on russia for help and pro russian notions are standing guard at checkpoints into the rebel stronghold of study and a group of european industry observers were babies didn't attend this weekend's following intervention by moscow. mean while the identity of all people and train against further east is now being carefully checked by intelligence the growing number of pro russian forces have been appearing in the town and street barricades have been reinforced in case of an attack from the ukrainian army. an investigation is now underway by kiev after fears that flare up of violence that more than forty people dead in the southern port city of death at the nation's development ukraine's prime minister. city of sanaa has blamed the country's security services for failing to stop the violence there resentment is growing as it's march. most of the victims were pro russian separatist they died in honor of the barricaded themselves into the ocean. so let's hear from our correspondents on the grand duchess herbert who sent this
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i am sure that russia is not in control of a lot of developments that happen on the ground. although they do ex-as perrate the events and probably support those who become the ring leaders. however, i am sure the situation has gone out of control. we are essentially in a war. >> nina khrushcheva said tensions will remain high until kiev assures russia it will not seek n.a.t.o. membership. >>> the grief is palpable in northern afghanistan as the search for survivors of landslides is called off the the focus is on those left homeless in harsh conditions. more than 2,000 are feared dead, buried under hundreds of feet of mud. heavy rains are blamed. we have more on the badakhshan disaster from gerald tan. >> reporter: they spent the night in the open, and during near-freezing textures, looking over -- temperatures, looking at what used to be their home, and praying for anyone sign of life. >> translation: seven members of my family were here when the lapped slide happened. four or five were killed. i'm half alive. what can i do? >> translation: we have not received assistance as
i am sure that russia is not in control of a lot of developments that happen on the ground. although they do ex-as perrate the events and probably support those who become the ring leaders. however, i am sure the situation has gone out of control. we are essentially in a war. >> nina khrushcheva said tensions will remain high until kiev assures russia it will not seek n.a.t.o. membership. >>> the grief is palpable in northern afghanistan as the search for survivors of landslides...
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russia is not iran. we almost lost -- the sanctions process with the europeans, we almost lost that last week. we could barely get the europeans to the digita table os issue. >> charlie: why? because they don't want to punish the russians. they want to support the ukrainians. but they have a lot at stake economically and can't coordinate. >> charlie: what do they have at stake? >> you look at banking and the transactions between the europeans and the russians, and gas and look at the europeans and the russians, you look at even real estate in london is important. then you look at germany. germany, you have a population, a german population, which especially after snowden, is mistrustful of what the u.s. wants in foreign policy, doesn't want to get dragged in, strongly opposed to sanctions. you have an industrial lobby and financial lobby in germany telling merkel in no uncertain terms, we want no sanctions whatsoever. then you've got caterpillar in the united states that just lost a $1 billion deal that
russia is not iran. we almost lost -- the sanctions process with the europeans, we almost lost that last week. we could barely get the europeans to the digita table os issue. >> charlie: why? because they don't want to punish the russians. they want to support the ukrainians. but they have a lot at stake economically and can't coordinate. >> charlie: what do they have at stake? >> you look at banking and the transactions between the europeans and the russians, and gas and look...
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that is true now for russia. all of the top ceos of the business community and industry have said if that is the case if you decide on that than we will abide by your decisions and the community knows this. although they have envisaged a different kind of relationship. if two years ago you had asked me whether we would discuss such issues today, i would have said that is not very probable. one needs predictability. and one needs certain framework conditions for investments. so, many in the business community -- i cannot talk obviously reliably on their behalf -- but many of them are aware that reliability and the basic acceptance of the european postwar order, namely territorial integrity, is a very important thing and the business community in doing business cannot completely neglect that. they will not be enthusiastically owed -- excepting that but they are open. there are possibilities there. let us work together with russia for the elections taking place in ukraine on may 25 so ukrainians are in a position to
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russia is very integrated into the global economy. it is very vulnerable and exposed to sanctions including those just -- [ audio difficulty ] -- u.s. sanctions. it's going to take american leadership -- >> brown: well, if we take energy sanctions, for example, there are plenty of european energy companies already publicly saying they're willing to step in until the -- banks, british banks, french banks would do the same. we need to get mrs. merkel and other european leaders on board and i'm encouraged real progress was made today, but some u.s. leadership, but if we get too far out ahead of the europeans, then we do putin a favor because then it becomes a european-american dispute, not a problem vis-a-vis russia. >> brown: thank you very much. thanks. >> woodruff: now to an extended look at some developments on the african continent. we start with nigeria-- one africa's most prosperous nations-- where a wave of violence is casting a shadow over plans for a world economic forum there next week. another bomb blast late thursday killed
russia is very integrated into the global economy. it is very vulnerable and exposed to sanctions including those just -- [ audio difficulty ] -- u.s. sanctions. it's going to take american leadership -- >> brown: well, if we take energy sanctions, for example, there are plenty of european energy companies already publicly saying they're willing to step in until the -- banks, british banks, french banks would do the same. we need to get mrs. merkel and other european leaders on board and...
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i'm not looking to replace america by russia. with all due respect, president putin and russia will have to prove themselves over time to be sustainable partners -- >> charlie: and, actually, that goes both ways. right, exactly, and we'll continue to work on it. but if you decide you don't want to help me fight terrorism, what do you think i'm going to do? >> charlie: i assume you're saying that we have to be -- we have to protect our own country and, therefore, we have to have other people that we can look to if, for some reason, america doesn't want to help us? >> yes, but i don't think it's as stark as that. i'm just saying we would do what you would do in defending our country, nothing less or more. >> charlie: you're getting a lot of aid from saudi arabia and the emirates, financial aid, who have stepped up and said we like the change we see in egypt and we'll support them. >> mm-hmm. >> charlie: and it's fair to look at the historical record and say those two, especially the saudis, were very unhappy about what happened to
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and russia. go to the side? we shall move back here where they seem to have people with more questions. how much time do we have? back there. >> i am a russian journalist. hearing from my friends who work in germany that the business trinity is against sanctions. community is against sanctions. they do want to go to saint petersburg and take heart in the next meeting. in the next-- art meeting. what do you say to your own community? think -- i do not know if that is the case in any other parts of the world. people who want to do business and that is what the business community is about. -- exactlyong longing for sanctions. some people are also against sanctions against iran. that is true now for russia. theof the top ceos of business community and industry have said if that is the case if you decide on that than we will abide by your decisions and the community knows this. although they have envisaged a different kind of relationship. if two years ago you had asked me whether we would discuss such issues today i
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the goal is not to punish russia. the goal is to give them an incentive to choose the better course, and that is to resolve these issues diplomatically, and i think we are united on that front. eu,in europe, within the i'm sure there has to be extensive consultations. you have got 28 countries and some are more vulnerable than others to potential russian retaliation, and we have to take those into account. not every country is going to be in exactly the same place, but what has been remarkable is the degree to which all countries agreed that russia has violated international law, violated territorial integrity of a country in europe, and i think there is unanimity that there has to be consequences for that. how we structure these sectoral sanctions, the experts have been working on, and we anticipate that if we have to use them, we can. our preference would be not to have to use them. merkel'snk chancellor leadership on this front. she has been extraordinarily helpful not only in facilitating haspean unionity, but she
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble, while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york...
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the cr
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york...
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it's equal to half of the lng that europeans import from russia. hashas already been after this amount of lng that we have authorized even going through this determination. there will be a question that you post earlier about how much of these will be billed, at what rate will the private sector build the terminal that was already authorized the there is i think certainly some demonstrate progress we've made. it's a tremendous amount of gas we've already authorized and indeed, the fact that we are no longer importing large quantities of lng has already imported, impacted global markets dramatically. >> when you talk about this amount already been permitted, is there some cat amount that you sing we will get to this total and we will not permit any more beyond that? >> no, there's not. we're not determined a level beyond which we are not going to, we're not going to permit. so that is not something that the department of energy has identified or determined. >> the best interests continues to be a subjective for each location based on the letters tha
it's equal to half of the lng that europeans import from russia. hashas already been after this amount of lng that we have authorized even going through this determination. there will be a question that you post earlier about how much of these will be billed, at what rate will the private sector build the terminal that was already authorized the there is i think certainly some demonstrate progress we've made. it's a tremendous amount of gas we've already authorized and indeed, the fact that we...
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increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's ballistic missile procurement. with that let me thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today, and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. members, we're going to try to conclude our hearing in an hour and a half, so we'll observe the five minute rule. and we'll have as many questions as we can possibly handle. let me start mr. secretary by a follow-up question. when commissioner kuskin was here with the irs, we asked a lot of questions about this proposed 501 c four regulation, and he told the subcommittee that he didn't think that
increase the impact we've already begun to see on russia's economy, from u.s. and international sanctions. we urge russia to pursue a diplomatic solution to the situation, especially as ukraine moves forward with presidential elections next month. finally, we continue to vigorously enforce our highly effective iran sanctions regime. as a result earlier today we sanctioned individuals and entities for providing support for the government of iran and evading oil sanctions and facilitating iran's...
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under russia's constitution, putin could be in charge until 2024. in other words, he could serve with president george p. bush or president chelsea clinton. but some u.s. presidents including republicans keep underestimating him. today, president george w. bush who once famously said he had looked into putin's eyes and saw his soul gave a new explanation about him. >> did you misjudge him early or were you trying to open the door? >> i think he changed. of course, presidents should owo open the door and give people a chance except for the despicable tyrants. at that time, it looked like he wanted to be, you know, work with the west. >> president bush reflects our entire foreign policy lead in both parties. they continue to believe bad people can be good people if only we be nice to them. putin has been putin for the entire time he's been around. he was putin in the kgb. he's been putin since he started running the country 99. we have to see him for what he really is in the words of former defense secretary bill gates, a stone cold killer. back with
under russia's constitution, putin could be in charge until 2024. in other words, he could serve with president george p. bush or president chelsea clinton. but some u.s. presidents including republicans keep underestimating him. today, president george w. bush who once famously said he had looked into putin's eyes and saw his soul gave a new explanation about him. >> did you misjudge him early or were you trying to open the door? >> i think he changed. of course, presidents should...
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sanctions on russia. i look forward to hearing from the status ofout the administration's ongoing discussions with the e.u., as plans within nato to counter russian aggression and reassure our central european and baltic allies. hearingook forward to from miss freidh about the status of existing arms and existing control agreements between the united states and russia. while further arms reduction seem unlikely in the current relieved that'm the united states and russia have continued to implement the new start agreement included by exchanging notifications and on site inspections. exchanges provide much needed stability and predict ability at a time of increasing and uncertainty. i also support the administration's efforts to work n. f. treaties review mechanisms to address concerns may bessian activities inconsistent with its treaty obligations. i strongly supported the decision to cut off defense cooperation with russia. i've consistently called on our european alice to follow suit and to exercise simi
sanctions on russia. i look forward to hearing from the status ofout the administration's ongoing discussions with the e.u., as plans within nato to counter russian aggression and reassure our central european and baltic allies. hearingook forward to from miss freidh about the status of existing arms and existing control agreements between the united states and russia. while further arms reduction seem unlikely in the current relieved that'm the united states and russia have continued to...
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russia understands that. they understand that we as a nation so far has not signify that we are willing to use these economic sanctions in a way that is true the president's own executive order to change the behavior. we are concerned about the direction this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is that it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know ,here i have recently returned we know that there are numbers of things we need to do as a nation to help then harden their country. this bill lays those things out. area ofussian speaking eastern ukraine, the only whormation that the people are russian speaking in that part of the world is coming from russia. it is a began to. it is talked about things that the u.s. is doing, which we aren't. and the great lines they will have that they're able to annex that part of the world. we need to make sure that the information they're receiving -- there are so many things we can be doing to ensure that ukraine will not destabilize. let
russia understands that. they understand that we as a nation so far has not signify that we are willing to use these economic sanctions in a way that is true the president's own executive order to change the behavior. we are concerned about the direction this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is that it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know ,here i have recently returned we know that there are numbers of things we need to do as a nation to help then...
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russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility. when there is economic benefit and diplomatic benefit -- strength that comes from x port of energy, this is one of those issues that i continue to ask tom a why has it taken so long? that is a long statement. let me start this conversation. depending on the different programs, it has taken 11 weeks or eight weeks or -- there are different times to get permits. the initial one, it was past approval. it took eight months after the application. 29have had some now that are , 27, 23 months after the application. is this process g
russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility....
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russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order, i might add, to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova, where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another trip just recently returned -- there and in georgia and in ukraine, would you know there are a number of things that we need to do to help them harden their country. this bill lays those things out. let me give you one example. in the russian speaking of -- in the russian-speaking area of eastern ukraine, the only information that the people who are russian-speaking in that part of the world are receiving is coming from russia. it's propaganda. it's talking about things that the united states is doing, which we aren't,
russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order, i might add, to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova, where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another...
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deployments in europe, i think russia has really looked for ways to get into that space. there is this domestic win for putin at home when he is using russian power abroad. so i think that has always been one of his tools to keep russian--the russian population quiet, built his own popularity, and i think we've under estimated that in terms of policy in the past five years. >> nancy soderberg, putin does not send his agenda and plans to the white house, so there is a certain amount of reactive mode action that is going to go on, but has the obama white house and state department been handling this well since the demonstrations at the maidan flared last fall? >> let me push back to what the other colleagues have talked tad about no doctrine and bipolar world. that's so last century thinking. we're trying to direct the world into the 21st century, there have been bumps but i think we're more on track with that. president putt someone certainly a big challenge. it's not our fault that he's making all the wrong decisions for his country. he's driving the country into some ima
deployments in europe, i think russia has really looked for ways to get into that space. there is this domestic win for putin at home when he is using russian power abroad. so i think that has always been one of his tools to keep russian--the russian population quiet, built his own popularity, and i think we've under estimated that in terms of policy in the past five years. >> nancy soderberg, putin does not send his agenda and plans to the white house, so there is a certain amount of...
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despite new western sanctions on russia. an inmate in oklahoma dies of a heart attack
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the acting president says there is no way to stop the unrest in two eastern regions bordering russia. he says police and security pless," and are in some cases cooperating with pro-russian government who have seized buildings and taking people hostage. vice president joe biden reassure the prime minister of ofvia that in the face russian assertiveness in ukraine the united states is committed to the collective defense of nato allies. mr. biden met with latvian prime minister at the white house yesterday and today the vice president speaks at the atlantic council on the situation in ukraine. here the remarks later today on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. everybody says how do you think these women came from such a very low part of the world? so victorian era is stratified. there was the very rich and the middle class and then the real robber baron achievers. the life and times of these women is the most buccaneer time you can think of. after the civil war. finances were becoming major, yet rockefeller, jim fest, all of the robber barons were making
the acting president says there is no way to stop the unrest in two eastern regions bordering russia. he says police and security pless," and are in some cases cooperating with pro-russian government who have seized buildings and taking people hostage. vice president joe biden reassure the prime minister of ofvia that in the face russian assertiveness in ukraine the united states is committed to the collective defense of nato allies. mr. biden met with latvian prime minister at the white...
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but practicality is not appear china has made it illegal to transact bitcoin, as has russia. beyond education, how do you get people to trust this thing in the way that sovereign countries have not? a leading engineering institution, m.i.t. is the king of practicality. that is part of the spearman. seeing what real-world applications we can build that people will end up trusting. >> such as? >> there is a number of things we can do that would be very important. for example, you could build a decentralized kick starter for crowd funding. you could build a micro-payment solution which would be approved for news media in terms of online newspapers. having a solution for their content. >> i'm curious, have any professors at m.i.t. torn you to shreds on this? do they look at the theory of bitcoin and forget about the efficiency and say the bitcoin club has got it wrong? say that most professors are pretty excited ingut this project and see where it goes. there are plenty professors who have questions about it. most of the questions tend to come from the economic side. people under
but practicality is not appear china has made it illegal to transact bitcoin, as has russia. beyond education, how do you get people to trust this thing in the way that sovereign countries have not? a leading engineering institution, m.i.t. is the king of practicality. that is part of the spearman. seeing what real-world applications we can build that people will end up trusting. >> such as? >> there is a number of things we can do that would be very important. for example, you...
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crimea is of prime strategic importance for russia. i suppose if a foreign power went and created trouble in guam, the u.s. would also respond. that's what the russians have done. they don't want ukraine to be part of nato, because nato is basically a method to encircle russia further. >> it's interesting. kerry seems to be implying that ukraine is already part of nato. >> yes. they started implying that it could be eventually. it would be a very long way for ukraine, given the state of its armed forces to start with. it is a certain level of commitment that the u.s. is willing to share. >> would these latest round of sanctions, what will they do, if anything? >> if the aim is to change the policy in moscow, it's not going to work. it's an expansion of what we have seen so far, inclusion of more corporate entities on the u.s. side, not on the eu side. >> mark would like to buy russia but there's too many risks. >> i would wait until the end of this year to be honest. we'll see a very long electoral calendar in ukraine. >> i agree. i th
crimea is of prime strategic importance for russia. i suppose if a foreign power went and created trouble in guam, the u.s. would also respond. that's what the russians have done. they don't want ukraine to be part of nato, because nato is basically a method to encircle russia further. >> it's interesting. kerry seems to be implying that ukraine is already part of nato. >> yes. they started implying that it could be eventually. it would be a very long way for ukraine, given the...
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not sure russia. as well they're not asking for my advice, and it would not give it to them, with a time the poor russian separatists in ukraine can take hostages that only helps the united states in the west. it shows us how, you know, al uncoordinated, and mature, and reactionary those folks are. and i cannot imagine that russia sees that as a positive either. we need to a listen to public opinion, frankly in my view, in order to move changed on the ground. >> on russia i think it is a big deal. at think it is a major change. most of us, and i would not accept -- accept myself had basically in our minds, the cold war is over. we don't have to worry about that anymore. the brazenness of this aggression, similar to tactics we have seen in history. i think it is somewhat startling. and so one conclusion one could draw is that it expands the range of military options for which we have to be prepared. and maybe we thought certain kinds of conflict or in the past and we did not mean that stuff, but maybe
not sure russia. as well they're not asking for my advice, and it would not give it to them, with a time the poor russian separatists in ukraine can take hostages that only helps the united states in the west. it shows us how, you know, al uncoordinated, and mature, and reactionary those folks are. and i cannot imagine that russia sees that as a positive either. we need to a listen to public opinion, frankly in my view, in order to move changed on the ground. >> on russia i think it is a...
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accuse him of having them and then to baghdad, libya, syria, russia and what other nation. then cock the hammer. if they don't do what we demand, start the war drums. this is the geronimo talk before the stupid ti of iraq. since vietnam the lines has been pushed. if a country fails to act the way we'd like we start war talk. we are one thumb to nose away from battle. this is the world of dick cheney, the american enterprise institute and the killers of the keyboard, chicken hawks who send otherses to battle while they man the op-ed pages. president obama did a great job in calling them out for what they are. warriors without swords, hawks without wings. patriots by the page, soldiers of the sound bite. that's "hardball." thanks for joining us. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >>> effective immediately, i am banning mr. sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the nba. mr. sterling may not attend any nba games or practices. he may not be present at any clippers facility and he may not participate in any business or player personnel decisi
accuse him of having them and then to baghdad, libya, syria, russia and what other nation. then cock the hammer. if they don't do what we demand, start the war drums. this is the geronimo talk before the stupid ti of iraq. since vietnam the lines has been pushed. if a country fails to act the way we'd like we start war talk. we are one thumb to nose away from battle. this is the world of dick cheney, the american enterprise institute and the killers of the keyboard, chicken hawks who send...
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they were kidnapped by a pro -- by pro-russia individuals, a pro-russia group in eastern ukraine. >> what were they doing in eastern ewe rain? you say they're inspectors, of what? >> they were there under the vienna document, all 57 nations that are participating states in the organization for security and cooperation in europe to include russia have agreed to a set of measures that are intended to build confidence among the partners, among the participants. part 1 mechanism of that is our inspections that each -- each participating state is obliged to receive a certain number of inspections every year but they can also offer voluntary inspections. >> so they went over there for inspections of what? >> they were there to inspect ukrainian military installations and deployments but also to -- >> they were kid napped by russian sympathizers? >> correct, sir. ? last question. is europe slow-walking saxes because they're concerned about the fact that many of them are totally dependent on russia for their energy and that russia may then just retaliate? is that one of their concerns about
they were kidnapped by a pro -- by pro-russia individuals, a pro-russia group in eastern ukraine. >> what were they doing in eastern ewe rain? you say they're inspectors, of what? >> they were there under the vienna document, all 57 nations that are participating states in the organization for security and cooperation in europe to include russia have agreed to a set of measures that are intended to build confidence among the partners, among the participants. part 1 mechanism of that...
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-russia nuclear negotiations. islive wednesday morning, it prime ministers question time in the earnest house of commons. you can see it at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> everybody says how do you think these women came from such a very low rent part of the world? as you know, the victorian era was so stratus five. there was the very rich, then the middle class, then the real achievers. the life and times of these women, it was after the civil war. finances were beginning to become major. fisk, rockefeller, jim all of the robber barons out there making a lot of money. and i think it was easy for them because they had been running around with low-rent con artists . ballots go with the big boys. they were beautiful and -- now let's go with the big noise. they were beautiful and they were tough and they were driven. there were driven for both power and individuals. they could have been kept in a fine manner if they wanted. but they were really pushing for their independence and women's independence. so they became
-russia nuclear negotiations. islive wednesday morning, it prime ministers question time in the earnest house of commons. you can see it at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> everybody says how do you think these women came from such a very low rent part of the world? as you know, the victorian era was so stratus five. there was the very rich, then the middle class, then the real achievers. the life and times of these women, it was after the civil war. finances were beginning to become...
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while diplomacy between the united states and russia continues, no one can ignore that russia's actions in ukraine have violated the very principles upon which cooperation is built. further, as we consider arms control priorities this year, or in any year, we will continue to consult closely with our allies and partners every step of the way. our security and defense, as well as that of our allies and partners, is nonnegotiable. we will only pursue arms control agreements that advance our national interest. during the cold war, washington and moscow found it in our mutual interest to work together to cap and then to begin reducing the number of nuclear weapons in service in reversing the nuclear arms race and improving mutual security and stability. we judged that the new start treaty was in the united state'' national security interest for the same reasons and that is why we continue to implement the new start treaty with russia today. we are now in the fourth year of implementation and despite the crisis in ukraine, we and russia continue to implement the treaty in a businesslike mann
while diplomacy between the united states and russia continues, no one can ignore that russia's actions in ukraine have violated the very principles upon which cooperation is built. further, as we consider arms control priorities this year, or in any year, we will continue to consult closely with our allies and partners every step of the way. our security and defense, as well as that of our allies and partners, is nonnegotiable. we will only pursue arms control agreements that advance our...
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they were kidnapped by a pro -- by pro-russia individuals, a pro-russia group in eastern ukraine. >> what were they doing in eastern ewe rain? you say they're inspectors, of what? >> they were there under the vienna document, all 57 nations that are participating states in the organization for security and cooperation in europe to include russia have agreed to a set of measures that are intended to build confidence among the partners, among the participants. part 1 mechanism of that is our nspections that each -- each participating state is obliged to receive a certain number of inspections every year but they can also offer voluntary inspections. >> so they went over there for inspections of what? >> they were there to inspect ukrainian military installations and deployments but also to -- >> they were kid napped by russian sympathizers? >> correct, sir. ? last question. is europe slow-walking saxes because they're concerned about the fact that many of them are totally dependent on russia for their energy and that russia may then just retaliate? is that one of their concerns about s
they were kidnapped by a pro -- by pro-russia individuals, a pro-russia group in eastern ukraine. >> what were they doing in eastern ewe rain? you say they're inspectors, of what? >> they were there under the vienna document, all 57 nations that are participating states in the organization for security and cooperation in europe to include russia have agreed to a set of measures that are intended to build confidence among the partners, among the participants. part 1 mechanism of that...
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it has very deep financial ties to russia's energy company. and on monday the u.s. added it to the list of russian facing sanctions. so far exxon's deal is not in jeopardy, but it under scores the modern best. policies does not always mesh with the interests of companies. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin a picture of cooperation that continues despite escalating tensions over the crisis in ukraine. since 2011 exxonmobil has substantially strengthened it's ties with rosneft with a gas plant in the far east, developed oil fracking sites and joint $3.2 billion project to hunt for oil in the blacks sea and russian russian arctic waters. the trade access to billions of barrels of oil for engineering expertise. >> basically exxon is going to russia because of the opportunities there. and russia wants exxon. >> reporter: the relationship also gives rosneft a food hold in the west with exploration rights in the gulf of mexico. oil gas is a linchpin of russian power and they're poised to enhancement regardless of u.s. foreign policy objectives. >> exxon will sen
it has very deep financial ties to russia's energy company. and on monday the u.s. added it to the list of russian facing sanctions. so far exxon's deal is not in jeopardy, but it under scores the modern best. policies does not always mesh with the interests of companies. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin a picture of cooperation that continues despite escalating tensions over the crisis in ukraine. since 2011 exxonmobil has substantially strengthened it's ties with rosneft...
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but what russia's actions in ukraine tell us is that today putin's russia is playing by a different set of rules. and through its occupation of crimea and its subsequent destabilization of eastern ukraine, russia seeks to change the security landscape of east and central europe. so we find ourselves in a defining moment for our transatlantic alliance, and nobody should mistake that. and we are prepared to do what we need to do and to go the distance to uphold that alliance. our strength will come from our unity, and the strength of our alliance always has come from our unity over the course of the 65 years. so together we have to push back against those who want to try to change sovereign borders by force. together we have to support those who simply want to try to live as we do or as others do. i remember being in kiev, and a man came up to me and said, you know, i just came back from australia, and i had to come back here, and i had to be part of this, and i had to work so that people here could live the way i saw people living in australia. in today's era of, you know, mobile devices
but what russia's actions in ukraine tell us is that today putin's russia is playing by a different set of rules. and through its occupation of crimea and its subsequent destabilization of eastern ukraine, russia seeks to change the security landscape of east and central europe. so we find ourselves in a defining moment for our transatlantic alliance, and nobody should mistake that. and we are prepared to do what we need to do and to go the distance to uphold that alliance. our strength will...
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and a big sigh of relief apparently in russia as the ruble improved as well as the stock market. so if the sanctions are are to get putin's attention and change behavior specifically related to the border between ukraine and russia, that eastern border, it is not seeming to do that at all. and it is going on and on. >> and what is the message to the american companies and the european allies who are concerned about the economic impact that stronger sanctions would have on companies there and here, and also in the flow of oil to countries heavily dependent on the russian oil. >> i am glad you brought it up with the russian oil, because that is what they use to feed and fund all of the russian activities, and over half of the money comes from the selling of oil and gas to foreign countries, and i'm trying to get liquefied natural gas and what i heard in ukraine, and moldova, and latvia, and latin america is that we need energy sources other than being so dependent under russia and vladimir putin where he uses the energy as a carrot and a stick to punish those who don't go with him
and a big sigh of relief apparently in russia as the ruble improved as well as the stock market. so if the sanctions are are to get putin's attention and change behavior specifically related to the border between ukraine and russia, that eastern border, it is not seeming to do that at all. and it is going on and on. >> and what is the message to the american companies and the european allies who are concerned about the economic impact that stronger sanctions would have on companies there...
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just past russia is number two. we are going to be number one. >> there is so much interest in the master production. so many jobs are being created. i think they going out of work and senator high cap's state. i am not sure we can build the roads fast enough to help get this production underway. it is revitalizing the manufacturing base of america. >> i am a registered investment advisor investing in oil and gas pumps for our clients. what are the benefits of fracking? it is going to save america's youth from the burden of debt buildup by their parents and grandparents. fracking and the energy industries are going to create an additional 2.5 million jobs by 2020. >> but it is not that simple. there are many real concerns on the impact of hydraulic fracturing on our environment need to be addressed. >> ♪ one day i lit a match in the water, fire i thought about a lawsuit and stumbled on the fact that fracking is exempted from the clean water act ♪ working ins hydraulic fracturing are exempt. normally under the cl
just past russia is number two. we are going to be number one. >> there is so much interest in the master production. so many jobs are being created. i think they going out of work and senator high cap's state. i am not sure we can build the roads fast enough to help get this production underway. it is revitalizing the manufacturing base of america. >> i am a registered investment advisor investing in oil and gas pumps for our clients. what are the benefits of fracking? it is going...
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it is clear there are a lot of things we have to reevaluate about russia's foreign-policy and attitudes towards its neighborhoods in toward the world. but i think on this one we have not seen evidence of their reevaluating or evidence of using the nuclear issue as leverage against us on other things. does not mean we should not worry about the possibility. and if indeed that happens, the process will not survive that i think. but let's work on countries acting in their interest. the issue has been to be a player. they have engage with iranians, nuclear cooperation as we know and that times have pulled back or put constraints on the cooperation. they want to be at the table and bf the player -- table. i do not anticipate they will take themselves out of the process to spite us. >> i will book -- go to questions. ring them up to me when you can. a lot of them were asked to me when the palestinian/israeli part of the talk. we have one question here for each panelist. if it were up to you, and i am presuming this relates to israel/palestine, what is the next actionable step? what does one d
it is clear there are a lot of things we have to reevaluate about russia's foreign-policy and attitudes towards its neighborhoods in toward the world. but i think on this one we have not seen evidence of their reevaluating or evidence of using the nuclear issue as leverage against us on other things. does not mean we should not worry about the possibility. and if indeed that happens, the process will not survive that i think. but let's work on countries acting in their interest. the issue has...
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number five. >> they kill the dolphins and sharks over there, too. >> not friendly. >> russia. >> russia is a big polluter. >> big country. >> where are we on that pollution list? >> we're number two, i think china is 10 billion met trick tons -- >> we're the second biggest. >> we're half of china. so they are blowing us out of the water. >> on the global temperature rise. >> right. >> you had it on the screen, it's almost flat in the first 35 years. >> over the last 100 years, it's a one percent increase. miller says about 300 years ago, the guys using leeches and rubbing sticks together for fire, trust them to give you an accurate reading. >> since 1901. >> right, there are the polar bears sweating up there in new finland. the biggest polluter car and cow and the cow because of the -- >> the methane. >> methane is 20 times -- >> cows. >> that's right. >> what are we going to do? >> the viable -- everybody was good out there except for the one guy. jessie watters, everybody. my name is karen and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's progressive pain. first you have that, that feeling of numb
number five. >> they kill the dolphins and sharks over there, too. >> not friendly. >> russia. >> russia is a big polluter. >> big country. >> where are we on that pollution list? >> we're number two, i think china is 10 billion met trick tons -- >> we're the second biggest. >> we're half of china. so they are blowing us out of the water. >> on the global temperature rise. >> right. >> you had it on the screen, it's almost...
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with the challenges that russia is creating. the questions about if congress to move quickly on that but not on employment insurance or these other issues are fair questions. host: the president and nothing this morning that there will be additional sections on russia, announcing them later today. explain to us what we are looking at, as much as you know, and for you, shane, i'm curious as to the response from members of congress. guest: you know, there is, again, different factions within both parties, but the real pushes that they want to send a tin and say this is not ok with the american government. they talked about and eight bill being guaranteed. it looks like a no-win situation in the short term and they are happy to let the president take the lead on these issues. sanctions we can expect to hear more about our additional asset freezes, additional travel bans for so-called cronies of vladimir putin and people close to him and the government. what we will not see at least not yet are what the white house calls rock, massi
with the challenges that russia is creating. the questions about if congress to move quickly on that but not on employment insurance or these other issues are fair questions. host: the president and nothing this morning that there will be additional sections on russia, announcing them later today. explain to us what we are looking at, as much as you know, and for you, shane, i'm curious as to the response from members of congress. guest: you know, there is, again, different factions within both...
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the president is going after high tech exports to russia's defense industry as well as wealthy individuals close to president vladimir putin. this comes as masked
the president is going after high tech exports to russia's defense industry as well as wealthy individuals close to president vladimir putin. this comes as masked
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i think if russia gets worse the u.s. is relatively less exposed. >> all of these kind of sages are coming out and saying they're concerned. >> that's what makes a market. there are parts that are topee. some small stocks are undervalued. you have to look under the hood. >> what's under the hood? >> look at the ip market, that's really tailed off. i think we still got to make the play. the u.s. equity market is the place to be. probably time to take a good look and maybe double-triple down. >> wow. a lot of this will depend on what happens with russia. >> yeah. i think the market is not pricing in a total collapse of the russian economy. which is possible. >> it will be interesting to see if we see a breakout this week. >> "fast money" is coming up. melissa lee, are you talking ten year, the vicks? >> hello. that's a good looking dress, kelly. >> the free willy's theme song. >> here's what we're talking about, there's been a lot of pharma and biotech. we have got three names and we'll tell you whether or not the options a
i think if russia gets worse the u.s. is relatively less exposed. >> all of these kind of sages are coming out and saying they're concerned. >> that's what makes a market. there are parts that are topee. some small stocks are undervalued. you have to look under the hood. >> what's under the hood? >> look at the ip market, that's really tailed off. i think we still got to make the play. the u.s. equity market is the place to be. probably time to take a good look and maybe...